Divine Math
Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who seek Him.
In order to please God, you have to do something, or at least, God expects you to do something that is required to please Him. Consider it “Divine Math.” It is the concept of “putting two and two together.” Here are some examples where people have done such Divine Math.
Regarding Abraham, and the miracle birth of a son in old age:
Romans 4:18-22: “In hope against hope he believed, so that he might become a father of many nations according to that which had been spoken, ‘So shall your descendants be.’ Without becoming weak in faith he contemplated his own body, now as good as dead since he was about a hundred years old, and the deadness of Sarah’s womb; yet, with respect to the promise of God, he did not waver in unbelief but grew strong in faith, giving glory to God, and being fully assured that what God had promised, He was able also to perform. Therefore it was also credited to him as righteousness.”
Regarding Abraham, and the sacrifice of Isaac:
Hebrews 11:17-19: “By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was offering up his only begotten son; it was he to whom it was said, ‘In Isaac your descendants shall be called.’ He considered that God is able to raise people even from the dead, from which he also received him back as a type.”
Regarding the example of David and Goliath:
1st Samuel 17:33-37: “Then Saul said to David, ‘You are not able to go against this Philistine to fight with him; for you are but a youth while he has been a warrior from his youth.’ But David said to Saul, ‘Your servant was tending his father’s sheep. When a lion or a bear came and took a lamb from the flock, I went out after him and attacked him, and rescued it from his mouth; and when he rose up against me, I seized him by his beard and struck him and killed him. ‘Your servant has killed both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, since he has taunted the armies of the living God.’ And David said, ‘The LORD who delivered me from the paw of the lion and from the paw of the bear, He will deliver me from the hand of this Philistine.’”
Regarding the example Mary and her belief in the power of Jesus:
John 2:1-11: “On the third day there was a wedding in Cana of Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there; and both Jesus and His disciples were invited to the wedding. When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to Him, ‘They have no wine.’ And Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, what does that have to do with us? My hour has not yet come.’ His mother said to the servants, ‘Whatever He says to you, do it.’ Now there were six stone waterpots set there for the Jewish custom of purification, containing twenty or thirty gallons each. Jesus said to them, ‘Fill the waterpots with water.’ So they filled them up to the brim. And He said to them, ‘Draw some out now and take it to the headwaiter.’ So they took it to him. When the headwaiter tasted the water which had become wine, and did not know where it came from (but the servants who had drawn the water knew), the headwaiter called the bridegroom, and said to him, ‘Every man serves the good wine first, and when the people have drunk freely, then he serves the poorer wine; but you have kept the good wine until now.’ This beginning of His signs Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested His glory, and His disciples believed in Him.”
Jesus hadn’t said that He was going to instruct the servants to do anything, but Mary reasoned something. Despite Jesus’ response, she said to the servants, “Whatever He says to you, do it.” Jesus honored her statement, because she believed in Him, and Jesus ended up doing the first of His miracles.
The kind of Divine Math calculated by these people was not only honored by God, but God expects it. God wants for you to count on Him and act upon it. He wants for you to recollect upon your experiences with Him, and then to count on Him and depend upon Him during the time of testing, and god is a God of testing. God will test you. God will not tempt you to commit sin. God will test your faith, and God is honored when you take your experiences with Him, and put two and two together, and take that necessary leap of faith.
